† nick-potn.
Obsolete. rare.
a. slang. The keeper of an inn or tavern.
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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > inn or tavern keeping > innkeeper
tappera1000
tapsterc1000
wifeOE
taverner1340
gannekerc1380
tippler1396
alewifec1400
vintnerc1430
alehouse-keeperc1440
ale-taker1454
innholder1463
cellarman1547
ale draper?1593
pint pot1598
ale-man1600
nick-pot1602
tavern-keeper1611
beer-monger1622
kaniker1630
ordinary keeper1644
padrone1670
tap-lash?1680
ale-dame1694
public house keeper1704
bar-keeper1712
publican1728
tavern-man1755
Boniface1795
knight of the spigot1821
licensed victualler1824
thermopolite1832
bar-keep1846
saloon-keeper1849
posadero1851
Wirt1858
bung1860
changer1876
patron1878
bar-tender1883
soda-jerker1883
bar steward1888
pub-keeper1913
1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost (1860) 31 A necessarie caueat for victuallers and nickpots, how to beware of such insinuating companions.
1655 Gossips Braule The Actors Names, Nick Pot, a Tapster. Jone Ruggles, a Dungel-raker.]
b. A tankard whose capacity has been fraudulently reduced (see nick n.1 2c).
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > holding specific amount > fraudulent amount
nick-pot1624
1624 Skelton's Ghost 19 in Wks. (1843) II. 155 Our pots were full quarted, We were not thus thwarted With froth-canne and nick-pot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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